“The situation has escalated in the area of the Antonivsky Bridge: is there a risk of the Dnieper crossing the Dnieper? Near the Antonivskyi Bridge in Kherson, the situation has escalated due to the training of the Russians to cross the river in small groups. The South’s defense forces are reporting daily clashes, but no large-scale escalation is expected.”, — write on: unn.ua
He noted that the Russians are training for forced actions near the Antoniv bridge in Kherson, but these are forced actions of small groups of infantry. They also involve the river boats of their Dnipro flotilla in these trainings.
“Just as in the steppe zone they are now carrying out assault operations by small groups of infantry, they will also try to do the same in the river zone, the island zone of the Dnipro. Now there are fierce battles for Kruglyk Island. There are also quite convenient places for landing near the Antoniv bridge they are also trying to land, they are probing our defenses there, which is near the Antonivsky bridge. because every day we celebrate several combat clashes there,” Voloshyn said.
The spokesman noted that the Russians are unlikely to force the Dnipro with large forces.
“But will they force the Dnieper with large forces? I think not, because the operation to force the water obstacle is a rather complex operation that involves a lot of forces and resources. There is no question of a large force at the moment,” Voloshyn summarized.
Addition
Before that, Voloshyn reported that fierce battles are currently taking place for the Dnieper islands in the Kherson region. The Russians are accumulating troops near the Tendrivska and Kinburn spits in order to hold the defense.